Stir thoroughly and close zipper. Let stand 8-9 minutes. Stir and serve. For your convenience, eat right out of the pouch.

Taste

This entree tasted great from the very first bite. However, if you are expecting long strands of spaghetti like you get at Papa Luigi’s down the street, you will be mistaken. Mountain House has chopped up the spaghetti into one inch pieces. This makes it more manageable and less messy when you are eating it out on the trail.

The dish has just the right ratio of sauce, meat, and spaghetti. I found the sauce to be very tomato-ey and very tasty. It was also slightly spicy, but I rather enjoyed that. From what I could tell, the meat was ground beef, which tasted great. Also, the pasta was just right. Not overcooked or mushy.

Leftovers

This was a one serving pouch, but I did save some to have leftover. Like all Mountain House entrees I have had, this dish tasted great leftover. The sauce tightened up a bit and the dish settled into itself. So, if you have this dish in your food storage, you can count on it tasting great the second time around.

Bottom Line

This was a great dish. It lives up to the high standards of quality that Mountain House is known for. It would be great on a backpacking trip or as part of a long term food storage program.

When you are looking for quality freeze dried meals, look no further than Mountain House Freeze Dried Food.

This Freeze Dried Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream has a rich, creamy taste, and is slightly crunchy. Whereas the Ice Cream Sandwich I had in the past was crunchy and the ice cream had a fine malted-milk-like texture, this mint chocolate chip ice cream is much closer to the original frozen ice cream treat. Still a little crunchy, but in my opinion, much closer to the original.

When eating it, I can’t really distinguish the chocolate chips from the ice cream. I think that both of these ingredients just combine together to create the final taste.

For fun, I rehydrated a portion of the ice cream and then ate it. I added some water on a piece and let it soak in. Upon tasting it, it is even closer to the original frozen ice cream than the bites I took of the dry freeze dried ice cream right out of the wrapper.

Leftovers

This was a one serving pouch, so none was leftover.

Bottom Line

This ice cream slice was delicious. I can see how astronauts would really enjoy this in Space. Also, if you buy a bunch of this and put it into your food storage, you won’t be disappointed. It will be a welcome treat when times get rough.

Again, I understand why parents love to buy cases of this stuff for their kid’s birthday parties.

Remember, it’s okay to be a Space Cadet when you eat freeze dried ice cream.

Stir thoroughly and close zipper. Let stand 8-9 minutes. Stir and serve. For your convenience, eat right out of the pouch.

Taste

I did not find this to be a spicy dish. In fact, I could not tell what spices had been added for flavor. The teriyaki sauce was on the mild side. This is not the teriyaki sauce you would expect to find in hundreds of restaurants across the U.S. However, I thought it was delicious.

You could taste the red peppers and peas. I could see the bamboo shoots, but did not really taste them. I mean they didn’t stand out. The rice was fine. Even though the rice was precooked (says it on the package), it wasn’t mushy when rehydrated. I could not tell that there was sherry wine in the sauce. But that means they did a good job of cooking. Sometimes when wine is added to a dish, it isn’t properly reduced, so it’s a little overpowering. Not the case here.

I prepared this dish according to the instructions. You might want to experiment with adding a bit less water. That would probably tighten the sauce up a bit.

Leftovers

This was a one serving pouch, but I did save some to have leftover, just so I could comment on it. Like all Mountain House entrees I have had, this dish tasted great leftover. So, if you had this dish in your food storage, it would also taste good the second time around.

Bottom Line

This was a very good dish. It wasn’t my favorite Mountain House entree, but that is a personal issue, and doesn’t reflect at all on how well it would fit into a backpacking trip or a food storage program. I would have no problem eating it in any situation.

All in all, this dish lives up the high standards you can experience from any of the Mountain House Freeze Dried Foods.

Stir thoroughly and close zipper on top of pouch. Let stand 5-6 minutes.

Carefully drain excess water from pouch. Serve. For your convenience, eat right out of the pouch.

Taste

This dish tastes almost like what you would expect fresh-cooked scrambled eggs, ham, and red and green peppers to taste like. Mountain House did not add any additional spice from what I could tell. Certainly, no black pepper and I could not detect any more salt than normal. Some people complain that Mountain House dishes have more salt than they prefer. However, I have not ever found that to be true, but then I haven’t had every single dish that they make.

This was the first time I had eaten freeze-dried scrambled eggs, and I thought the ham and peppers were perfect. I didn’t think the scrambled eggs were perfect. The freeze drying changes them somewhat, and makes them a little spongy. However, I would still give the eggs 4 out of 5 stars. The other ingredients get 5 stars.

I prepared this breakfast dish according to the instructions, so there was a bit of excess water that had to be drained off after rehydration. I tasted the water, and it tasted like scrambled eggs with ham and peppers. So, if you wanted to leave it in with the dish, it would be fine.

I would say that you would probably get better at preparing this dish if you did it a few times. You could tweak the amount of water, how long you let it rehydrate, and whether or not you drained the water off at the end. That was my perception from eating them for the first time.

Leftovers

This was a one serving pouch, so no leftovers.

Bottom Line

Overall, I would give this dish 4 out of 5 stars. Only because I didn’t think the scrambled eggs were perfect.

However, let me be clear. I would have no trouble eating these on a backpacking trip or in an emergency situation taken right out of food storage. I would always look forward to eating them in whatever situation, because if you can’t have fresh cooked eggs, these are the next best thing.

Stir thoroughly and close zipper. Let stand 8-9 minutes. Stir and serve. For your convenience, eat right out of the pouch.

Taste

This entree has a nice spicy sauce, but it’s not overly-spicy. I really liked the seasoning, because I like spicy food and think they added just the right amount of spice for this one. If you are not fond of spicy dishes, then you might skip this entree. But of course, you’ll be missing out.

The combination of macaroni, beef, kidney beans, and spicy sauce create a winning dish in my opinion. Also, I thought it had just the right proportion of sauce to the other ingredients.

I prepared it according to the directions, and the macaroni turned out to be perfectly-cooked, as did the other ingredients.

Leftovers

Even though there this was a one-serving pouch, I saved some to have leftover the next day. As is typical of Mountain House entrees, it seemed to be even better the second time around. The dish settles into itself when leftover.

Delicious.

Bottom Line

I thought this was a great dish. Perfect for backpacking, as part of a food storage program, or during a disaster. You’ll find that your kids will like this one too.